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1. Mss Eur F171/55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/55
Title:
Photograph album, Cashmere and Himala. Photographer(s): Samuel Bourne
Scope & Content:
Half-leather and cloth-bound album, measuring 377 x 310 mm, with contemporary red leather label laid down on front cover, reading Cashmere and Himala. Bookplate of James Abbott pasted down on front fixed endpaper. The volume contains 42 albumen prints by Samuel Bourne, tipped-in on corner slits,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:

1 item

2. Mss Eur F171/56

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/56
Title:
Album of photographs and engravings, of India, England and Europe. Photographer(s): Samuel Bourne (and others)
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather bound volume measuring 196 x 247 mm, containing 46 photographic prints and engravings inserted in corner slits, the majority captioned in pencil. Prints relating to India are 2-11 and 20-23. These are all small format photographs, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863-64, of Simla, S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:

1 item

3. Mss Eur F171/116

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/116
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection: Views of Delhi illustrating incidents of the Indian Mutiny.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 10 loose prints, most mounted on card, captioned in ink on the mounts. Print 1 is the work of Felice Beato. Prints 2-6, showing locations in Delhi associated with the Mutiny, appear to have been taken shortly after the event by an unidentified photographer. Prints 7-9 are miscellan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858-1950s
Extent:
10 items

4. Mss Eur F171/117

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/117
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection:Photographs of the Nicholson family and their homes.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 37 loose prints, the majority carte-de-visite portraits, the majority captioned, some with extensive notes. The collection comprises a series of views of various Irish houses of the Nicholson family and portraits of its various members. The material can broken down as follows: Pri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1909
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F171/118

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/118
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection: Portraits of General James Abbott and of Saleh Muhammad and his son.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 7 prints (several duplicates). The collection comprises four portraits of General Sir James Abbott (1807-1896) in old age and three copies of a portrait of Saleh Muhammad and his son. A note on the reverse of one copy of the portraits of Saleh Muhammad reads 'Saleh Muhammad (who sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-c 1899
Extent:
5 items

6. Mss Eur F171/119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/119
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection: Reproductions of photographs, sketches and paintings of Indian scenes
Scope & Content:
A miscellaneous collection of photographic reproductions of portraits and Indian paintings. There is also an original watercolour of mountain scenery and a pencil sketch by Evelyn Werge Thomas of the Fort at Attock, copied from Lady Emma Edwardes' 'Memorials of the Life and Letters of Sir Herber...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur F171/120

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/120
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection: Postcard album of Irish views.
Scope & Content:
Red cloth-bound postcard album with decorative cover, measuring 203x275mm, containing 70 coloured and black-and-white postcards inserted in corner slips. The postcards are all of Irish scenes, with the following locations illustrated: Delgany, Giant's Causeway, Portstewart, Glenariffe, Ballycast...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s-?30s
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur F171/122

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/122
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection: Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs and sketches.
Scope & Content:
A miscellaneous collection of 55 prints and postcards (plus two watercolour sketches), mainly unidentified, but presumably collected by Evelyn Werge Thomas in relation to her proposed biographies of Brigadier-General John Nicholson and General Sir James Abbott. The collection comprises the follo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880-1950
Extent:
1 item